The Clandestine Coroner
The Clandestine Coroner

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2022-08-28

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1949082407

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Enjoy this edge-of-your-seat hardboiled mystery novella from USA TODAY Bestselling author Paul Austin Ardoin—the long-awaited next book in the bestselling Fenway Stevenson series! A secret society. A missing body. A town torn in two. This story takes place between the events of The Accused Coroner (Book Seven of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries) and The Offside Coroner (Book Eight). When a member of a secret society is found dead in the local temple, Coroner Fenway Stevenson finds herself embroiled in an underground world where no one plays by the rules. The society leader turns hostile, the dead body goes missing, and an embezzlement scheme threatens disaster for the local economy. Can Fenway find allies to uncover the truth before the killer gets away? ____________ "Curl up in your favorite chair with a cup of joe, because you won’t be able to stop reading this fast-paced, clever murder mystery." —C.B. Samet, bestselling author of The Dr. Lillian Whyte Adventures "A brilliant whodunit with plenty of twists—and a great cast of characters that made me want to read the whole series!" —Angela C. Nurse, author of The Rowan MacFarlane Mysteries KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, female coroner, medical examiner, medical thriller, former nurse solves murders, secret society mystery, hard boiled mystery, strong woman sleuth, interracial romance mystery, medical thriller, conspiracy murder, Santa Barbara crime fiction, similar author to Leslie Wolfe, LJ Ross, Willow Rose, Blake Banner, Tom Fowler, Jeff Carson, TJ Jones

The Offside Coroner
The Offside Coroner

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Paul Austin Ardoin

Published: 2022-09-20

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1949082385

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Enjoy the eighth novel in this hardboiled coroner series by USA TODAY bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin “The Offside Coroner kept me guessing right up to the end—the perfect balance of tension and rich detail that makes it impossible to put down. I simply loved it!” —L.J. Regan, author of Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead ____________________ A coach, a protégé—and a scandal that turns deadly. A fancy dinner date turns into Coroner Fenway Stevenson's worst nightmare. Sucked into investigating a wife accused of adultery, Fenway finds herself caught in the crossfire when the head coach for a professional soccer team ends up with his skull bashed in. As a sex scandal engulfs the team, Fenway tries to protect the prime suspect. Can Fenway unmask the killer before the body count rises? __________________ The Offside Coroner is the eighth novel in the acclaimed hard boiled Fenway Stevenson Mystery series. KEYWORDS: California beach town murder, biracial female coroner investigator, soccer scandal, women's football mystery, NWSL scandal, medical examiner thriller, former nurse solves murders, estranged father, hard boiled mystery, strong Black woman sleuth, interracial romance mystery, BWWM detective romance, California beach black detective mystery whodunit crime fiction, Santa Barbara mystery, similar author to Leslie Wolfe, LJ Ross, Willow Rose, Blake Banner, Tom Fowler, Jeff Carson, TJ Jones

The Digital Coroner
The Digital Coroner

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Paul Austin Ardoin

Published: 2024-11-12

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1949082571

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Get the 10th book in the Fenway Stevenson mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Paul Austin Ardoin. Art and technology: the perfect recipe for betrayal—and murder. Coroner Fenway Stevenson is driving her boyfriend’s moving truck from California to Colorado. She and her friend Piper stop at a museum east of Las Vegas, only to be shocked at the financial and artistic betrayal of the artists on display in the name of progress. But when the museum’s director is found dead next to the moving truck with Piper’s knife sticking out of his chest, Piper is the prime suspect. Fenway must use all the tools at her disposal to find the real killer and save her friend. She soon discovers a betrayed wife, an angry mistress, shady investors, not to mention the hundreds of artists who had their money stolen. There’s no shortage of suspects—but none of them owned the murder weapon. Can Fenway find the killer and save Piper? _________________________________________ "Ardoin is the real deal." —Mark Stay, co-host of The Bestseller Experiment podcast "A fantastic read! I particularly enjoyed Fenway working outside her jurisdiction!" —G.B. Ralph, author of The Milverton Mysteries

The Warehouse Coroner
The Warehouse Coroner

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2024-03-19

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1949082520

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An angry ex-wife. A rich mistress. And a dead body in a storage unit. Coroner Fenway Stevenson opens her boyfriend’s storage unit—and discovers a corpse wrapped in an expensive Persian rug. There’s no shortage of suspects: the dead man’s girlfriend, the bitter ex, the sneaky co-worker. But then Fenway uncovers a drug scheme that threatens to tear apart her idyllic California beach town—if the tropical storm bearing down on the county doesn’t wreck it first. Can Fenway unmask the killer before the storm hits? The Warehouse Coroner is the ninth book in The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries by USA TODAY bestselling author Paul Austin Ardoin. Read the series that The Bestseller Experiment’s Mark Stay calls “page-turning, unputdownable mysteries.”

A Time for Murder
A Time for Murder

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2025-02-02

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1949082598

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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO SOLVE THE CASE. Everyone knows the first forty-eight hours are the most important after a homicide. But for Detective Luke Guillory, the first forty-eight hours are all he gets—over and over and over. Luke is the laughingstock of the Sacramento P.D.: the son of a disgraced police chief, he has one of the lowest close rates on the force. But it could all change: after a freak power outage, Luke finds himself reliving the same two days after a local real estate developer is murdered. With the help of a cynical retired detective, he discovers he must catch the murderer to escape the time loop. But his own department has turned against him, his mother's in jail, and the web of deceit complicates everything about the case. Can Luke solve the murder—and get his life back? --------------- Get this new first-in-series murder mystery with a time travel twist from Paul Austin Ardoin, the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries!

The Winterstone Murder
The Winterstone Murder

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1949082342

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This book was originally published under the title Ceremony in August 2021. Dr. Kep Woodhead is a brilliant, irascible forensic toxicologist with a dark past. Bernadette Becker is a disgraced federal investigator with one last chance. They're both assigned to a strange poisoning case: a graduate student has been found dead in a 15th-century chapel, a needle filled with a controversial hallucinogen sticking out of his arm. The priest, the professor, the piscary president, the protégé, the protestor— all emerge with a motive to stop the victim's research. Can Becker and Woodhead find the truth before more fall victim to the killer?

The Clandestine Ruby
The Clandestine Ruby

Author: James Glover

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1532005938

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This manuscript is the sequel to the Gilded Web, which was a suspense novel about two college seniors, one white and one black, returning home to New York in 1980 to graduate after spending their summer break in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They are traveling at night when they hit something but found nothing in the darkness of the night when they got out of the car to investigate. They found nothing but reported the accident to the sheriff, Toby Reliford, in a remote southern town of 750 people. What they hit was a deer, but they were later framed by the coroner of this remote town to cover up for his drunken son and his friends, who had actually hit a drunken man on the dark road. Racism was rampant at this time, and because one of the students was a black man, they were put on trial for vehicular homicide and had to fight for their lives. The sheriff and his friend, a defense attorney, were the only ones to stand up for the two students. After a lengthy and involved investigation and trial, the two were cleared and allowed to go home. As a result, the sheriff, Toby Reliford, was offered a job in the Bronx, New York, to run a private investigation agency owned by the two boys. This is where our story begins with the account of the first case of the agencyto find and recover a valuable missing heirloom ruby that was stolen from a large jewelry store and escaped the polices follow-up investigation.

The Christmas Coroner
The Christmas Coroner

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1949082423

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Buried secrets. A dead online celebrity. Just in time for Christmas. Days before the town’s annual Christmas Parade, an up-and-coming celebrity chef is found dead in a mountain cabin. As Coroner Fenway Stevenson investigates, she uncovers the chef’s dark past, a war brewing between local farms, and a hidden identity that could blow the town apart. Can Fenway unmask the murderer before she becomes the next victim?

The Executive Murder
The Executive Murder

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Pax Ardsen

Published: 2024-08-13

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1949082547

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A dead billionaire. A compromised police force. And her daughter in the crosshairs. Disgraced federal investigator Bernadette Becker is taking a well-deserved vacation at a music festival—when a mysterious man in the crowd gives her a clue that upends her life. Soon, Bernadette is sending her family into protective custody while she an her partner, forensic toxicologist Dr. Kep Woodhead, figure out who killed a billionaire in his home. The local police are on the take, and they don't know who to trust. Uncovering clues and dodging gunfire, Woodhead and Becker cross the country chasing the killer—who is now targeting Bernadette's daughter.

The Bridegroom Murder
The Bridegroom Murder

Author: Paul Austin Ardoin

Publisher: Paul Austin Ardoin

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1949082369

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This book was originally published under the title Everything’s Gone Green in March 2022. _________ Enjoy this pulse-pounding murder mystery novel from USA TODAY bestselling mystery author Paul Austin Ardoin --------------- “An intelligent and immersive thrill ride reminiscent of Patricia Cornwell and John Sandford, Everything’s Gone Green is the type of thought-provoking mystery that will keep you turning pages. You don’t want to miss this one!” —Meghan O’Flynn, author of the Ash Park series ---------------- A con man’s death two weeks before his wedding holds only one clue—a peculiar green discoloration in his mouth. Federal investigators Bernadette Becker and Dr. Kep Woodhead must join forces again to untangle the baffling evidence. Only they find their search for justice muddied by an old crime and complicated by a local cop with his own agenda. When the victim’s fiancée is arrested for the murder, Becker and Woodhead are positive she's innocent, just another complication in an already twisted game of cat and mouse with a murderer. Tracking down the strange green substance leads them to a slaughterhouse with a dark secret, a stalker fresh out of prison, and a locked room in the Oregon high desert. All hold dangerous secrets… But does one hold the truth Becker and Woodhead seek, or will the killer strike again? ----------- KEYWORDS: Oregon high desert murder, female federal investigator, FBI thriller, poisoning thriller, investigator sleuth, hard boiled mystery, interracial romance mystery, detective mystery whodunit crime fiction, Bend Oregon mystery, similar author to Leslie Wolfe, LJ Ross, Willow Rose, Blake Banner, Tom Fowler, Jeff Carson, TJ Jones